Condensation ejector trap



Aug. 17-, 1926. D. s. GARCIA CONDENSATION EJECTOR TRAP Filed D80. '7,1925 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

UNIT-EDSTA'TES PATENT OFF DAVID S. GARCIA, 0F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

CONDENSATION EJEC'IOR' TRAP.

Application filed December 7, 1925. Serial No. 73,938.

The present invention relates to improveforward or. backward; each diskis formed 55 ments in condensation ejector traps and has with a port 13of small cross-sections particular reference to a trap adapted to bethrough which water may escape from one used on the exhaust side of asteam using chamber into the next chamber. In addiapparatus such as thepress or the mangles tion to this two nozzles let and 16 are conin alaundry or similar devices. nected with two of the ports, preferably 60It is proposed in this connection to prothose'of the first and lastdisks in such a vide a trap that is extremely simple in conmanner thatany water passing through the struction, takes up very little space andhas trap has to pass through this nozzle. The

1 no working parts such as Valves or floats or disks are also formedwith recesses 17 in the like. The trap is intended to allow the thefaces thereof which latter may be used 65 waters of condensation toescape thereto apply a wrench of suitable form for through but to form aseal against the threading the disk into the cylinder body. steam. Thetwo ends of the body are closed by Further objects and advantages of myinmeans of caps 18 and 19 which latter thread vention will appear as thespecification pro into the body and are formed with a shoul- 70 ceeds.der 21 bearing upon the end faces of the The preferred form of theinvention is cylinder, the contacting faces being formed shown in theaccompanying drawing, in so as to establish a water tight joint adaptedwhichto resist any pressure that may occur. An

Figure 1 shows a general scheme of which intake pipe 4 connects with oneof the pipes 7 my trap forms a part. and an exhaust pipe 7 with theother.

Figure 2 a vertical section through the When my trap is connected to theexhaust trap along the axis thereof. side of the machine using the steamin the 25 Figure 3 a transverse section through manner indicated inFigure 1 the water of the trap taken along lines 33 of Figure 2,condensation is forced into the trap, enter- 80 and ing through the pipe4, and striking the first Figure 1 detailed view showing one of the disk12. It then is forced through the port disks used in my device insection. 13 and the nozzle 14 of restricted opening lVhile I have shownonly a preferred into the second chamber from which it form of theinvention, I wish to have it passes into the third chamber through the85 understood that various changes or modifiport 13 in the second disk12 and into the cations may be made within the scope of the neXt chamberthrough the port in the next claims hereto attached without departing.disk until it is finally discharged into the from the spirit of theinvention. last chamber through the nozzle 16. Hav- In Figure 1 is shownthe general scheme ing to pass through so many openings of re- 90including a boiler 1, a steam pipe 2 connect stricted area, sufiicientresistance is offered ing with the machine 3 which latter maybe to theflow of water to make its progress of any kind that uses steam for thepurposes very slow, the adjustment being made in it is intended for, anexhaust pipe 4 for the such a manner that the trap will always be saidmachine connecting with my trap 6 full of water of condensation when thema- 5 which latter connects through a pipe 7 with chine is running sothat no steam may pass a low pressure receiver 8 and from there throughthe trap while the water of conthrough what is known as a lift trap 9with densation is allowed to escape. the boiler. It will thus be seenthat my trap is con- My trap is preferably made of a cylindritinuous inoperation, has no working parts cal body 11 formed with an internalthread to get out of order and is always operative throughout the lengththereof and a pluralwithout requiring any attention. The posity of disks12 threaded externally and sibility of becoming air-bound is alsoadapted to be screwed into the cylindrical avoided. body and to bestopped at any place desired I claim: so that a plurality of chambersare formed A condensation ejector trap of the charbetween the disks. Thesize of the chamacter described, comprising an internally bers may beadjusted by screwing the disks threaded cylinder having removable capsthreaded into the ends thereof with intake and outlet openings in thecaps respectively, a plurality of discs threaded into the cylinder inspaced relation to form chambers therebetween and formed with smalleccentric ports adapted to be disposed in nonregistering relation andwith pipes extending from some of said ports diametrically into theadjacent chambers and terminating in nozzles. 7 I

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

DAVID S. GARCIA.

